Get the most out of your Apple Watch with these tips

The Apple Watch is a great device, whether you use it or for sports as well. Although a study reveals that the calories that this counts could even duplicate the originals, so they are not entirely real.

However, since iPadizate we believe that there are many ways to take advantage of Apple Watch and thanks to 9to5mac we bring some tips or tricks to get the most out of the device.

1. "Hey Siri, start a walk outdoors"

Siri is a great life companion. And each time more. So much so that you can start a training with just lift your wrist and say "Hey Siri, I want to walk for 5 kilometers". And Siri will begin a training with these characteristics: walking up to 5 kilometers.

But you can also start an open , goal-free training. That is, you can tell Siri "Hey Siri, I want to start a running training". There you will not have established time, calories or a goal. It will be as much as you want .

2. Register your workouts

Although Apple Watch records all the movements that we perform during the day, whether or not they are dedicated to training, it is best to register aside the training you do.

The Apple Watch keeps the heart rate sensor on at all times for measurements. However, this will perform better measurements if you know that you are exercising. It will even map distance and movement more accurately.

3. Bring the iPhone on?

Although the Apple Watch S2 has built-in GPS, it does not have the previous ones and that almost forces to carry the iPhone over whenever we require the GPS. So if you have an Apple Watch S2 and you go out to exercise, you do not have to carry your iPhone . Of course, remember that you will not have access to calls, notifications, etc., without the iPhone connection.

However, those who have an earlier Apple Watch and want to account for their exercise with GPS mapping are lost unless they bring their iPhone up, which makes training somewhat more "cumbersome."

4. Save battery in long workouts

The Apple Watch battery is not one of its advantages, however it is not the worst battery device on the market. Generally it lasts between the day or day and a half, which forces the user to load it daily if he does not want to stay half a day with a clock that does not give nor the hour. Apple offers two options to save battery in case this is beginning to falter at some point of the day.

The first option is to use the battery saving mode , but Apple states that with this option enabled the monitoring of the calories burned will not be as accurate as this mode deactivates the heart rate sensor to save battery. You can activate it from the iPhone in: My watch> General training> Power saving mode.

The second option is to associate a Bluetooth heart rate sensor with Apple Watch. The disadvantage of this option is that it is more expensive than the previous one. In fact, the former has no cost.

5. Sync music on your Apple Watch

If you are going to go jogging without carrying the iPhone and want to listen to music in the training process this fifth tip is very important.

It's important that before you go to sync the music in your Apple Watch , you can do it through playlists. For example, you can create a playlist called "Training" and synchronize it with the Apple Watch to listen to it offline when you go to work and do not have the iPhone.

Remember that you will need a Bluetooth headset to connect them to the Apple Watch, as these do not have headphone output.

6. Use third-party applications

Third-party applications can also be a great choice . Especially if we know which ones to use. There are applications such as Nike + Run, Strava, RunKeeper, etc. It is best that you try all those that catch your attention and you stay with the one that best suits your needs.